View of a Harbour in Schiedam

1650 · Private collection

landscape

In this serene view of a Dutch harbour, evidently the artist's hometown of Schiedam, Pynacker brings the light of a late afternoon on the Mediterranean to the north. The coppery illumination of the setting sun recalls landscapes by Jan Both and Italianate scenes by Pynacker himself.

About the Artist

Adam Pynacker

1620 – 1673

Dutch landscape painter, active mainly in Delft and in Amsterdam. He was in Italy for three years (before 1649) and he was one of the outstanding Dutch exponents of Italianate landscapes. His style resembles that of Jan Both and Jan Asselyn, but his mature work often has a distinctive and attractive silvery tonality.

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